On startup the program's icon will appear in the
Windows systray (usually found on the bottom far right
hand side of your screen, near the system clock).
Double clicking the UDPRun icon will open the
program's main
window.

To set up UDPRun, just
enter the UDP listening port and select the UDP decoding method.

Supported UPD listening
ports range from 0 to 65535, although some are
reserved.

If you
are unsure of the decoding method just can select 'Automatic'
and the program will do its best to determine it for you.

Incoming messages (sent to UDPRun) should be formatted as
follows:

Computer name |
program to be run | optional parameters

Each of the three parts of the incoming message should
be separated by the pipe symbol ("|"), and are explained
below:

Part 1: the Computer name
may be any of the following:

a) the name of the
computer on which you want the program to be run

b) the names of
the computers on which you want the program to be run,
with each
name separated by a semi-colon (";")

for example:

ROBSPC; OFFICE; BASEMENT

c) an asterisks
("*") signify all computers on your network

of note: the name of the computer on which
UDPRun is running can be found near the bottom of the main screen where
it say 'Start automatically when user id signs
into computer name "

Part 2: the program to be run:

This may be a program (.exe),
batch file (.bat), or script file (.vbs)

If the program resides in a folder in your
Windows system path
you can just use the program name, otherwise you will
need to
use the full path
and program name of the program to be run,
for example:

C:\Program
Files (86)\Microsoft Ofice\root\Office16\Excel.exe

Of note: if you want to open a file using its
Windows default program, you will just need to use the
full name
(which includes the path, filename, and extension) of
the file. For example, if you have MS
Excel installed you can just include the full file name of the
spreadsheet you want opened up in place of the program
name. In the same way you can also just use a
website name to have your default browser open it up.
For example:

c:\temp\example.xlxs
or www.udprun.com

Part 3: Optional
parameters:

Some programs accept
optional parameters. If you wish to send optional
parameters into the program to be run then this is where that
may be done. For example, the Windows shutdown
command accepts options parameters - here is example of
the full UDP message, including optional parameters,
that can be sent to shut down your PC.

ROBSPC | shutdown | /s /t 20 /c "requested by
home automation"

UDPRun displays a session log file showing all UDP messages
received since the program was started.

There is also an option to start UDPRun when you
sign onto your PC.

To have
UDPRun start programs which require administrative
privileges, just start UDPRun itself as the
administrator. If UDPRun is started with
administrative privileges a note to that effect will
be displayed on the program's main window.

You're welcome to download and use UDPRun for free on as many computers as you like!